• Barrington Middle School's Prairie Campus staff would be reduced by one sixth grade teacher, two seventh grade teachers, 0.2 full-time positions for both seventh-grade Spanish and eighth-grade French and a part-time position for sixth- and seventh-grade vocal music.

• Station Campus' extended science section would be reduced by 0.2 of a full-time position.

• The district also would lose 0.2 of a psychologist position and a boys' gymnastics coaching stipend.

• The district is anticipating saving $135,000 by pre-purchasing electricity and $20,140 by eliminating seven bus routes without any hardship.

The recommended additions to the budget include:

• 1.19 full-time positions in contingency staffing, three co-curricular stipends, additions to the middle school drama stipends and a part-time position for the reading strategies program at Station campus.

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